In a message dated 14/02/2007 3:07:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Re: My 2  cents on head leaks and rubber studs

Good story !  I love  it !  Everbody wants to be an engineer and they all
have problems  afterwards and come back looking for answers over here.  We keep
preaching  but no one listens !  You should see the 2.1  I have here all
apart.  Resealed not long ago, rubber gaskets glued to the block using the  Dirko
whick is peeling off just by looking at it and between the head and gasket  no
sealer used at all !  It was leaking around the entire perimeter of  the seal
!  What a joke and the owner tells me it was a German VW mechanic  who's been
at it all his life.  Well...........draw your own conclusions  !    All
exhaust head studs, bolts, and threads, kaput, valve  ends dished in, valve
adjusting screws worn down to the nut, bolts holing the  thermostat housing had to be
cut out, bolts holding the power steering pump  bracket on, all three broke
off, every hose connection to an aluminum nipple has  so much corrosion there is
not much of the aluminum nipple left to hook back on  to, etc as I digress
into depression.  When I get done it will not  leak ever again - I promise !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection
for  sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
_Vanagon  Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,  2007